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Floats / Upper District · 5.6 mi
Quieter water below Kyle's with long pools, historic farmsteads near Erbie and few people midweek.
No active NWS flood or severe-weather alerts for Newton, Boone counties right now. That isn’t a safety guarantee — rain anywhere upstream in the watershed can raise the river fast, even under clear skies where you are. weather.gov/lzk
Not really. Below the NPS low range you’ll drag over riffle after riffle. Consider a reach further downstream, or a hike instead.
Usually floatable: March–June, and briefly after heavy rain (typical Upper District pattern per NPS; not a forecast)
Too low? Things to do instead →3.36 ft · 55.1 cfs
Reading as of 7:45 AM CT (25 min ago) · USGS 07055680
Gauge used for this status: Buffalo River at Pruitt (Hwy 7) (USGS 07055680) — Pruitt (Hwy 7) gauge downstream; nearest gauge with NPS ranges.
NPS levels are published for Ponca and Pruitt; this reach sits between them — we use Pruitt.
NPS calls flows above 2,000 cfs unsafe.
How to read the gauges →Gage height (ft), last 14 days, USGS provisional data. Shaded bands = NPS recommended floating levels (too low / low / good / high / flood).
No active NWS alerts for Newton, Searcy, Marion or Boone counties.
Ponca / Upper District
Source: api.weather.gov.